CHAMPION

Chapter 29 Our heart isn't Home

Jake spent the last few days of his birthday week riding around on his new snow vehicles, vlogging, accepting presents and just overall celebrating himself, as he so often did, while the week seemed to pass too fast for Jake once he started really enjoying himself, it seemed to drag for his wife.

While Jake was for once oblivious, Erika was chewing away at her own brain, as much as she tried to convince herself she hadn't cheated, she's knew in her heart she had, she kissed another man on her own husbands birthday night, the guilt was almost crushing her, and the fact her mind half tried to justify it, made it even worse...

"We are on our way home, which means my birthday week is over! I miss aspen already!" Jake exclaimed to his camera, Jake his team and his family had all climbed in cars, drivers taking them to the airport, where they could start back home to LA. "Bro, you left a mark in aspen for sure! No one's gonna party as hard as we did there!" Logan spoke up, "Yo! You right!" Jake agreed, there was a small break in between Jake's filming in the car, since there wasn't much to do, he decided to hold off till they got to the private jet home, which caused slight tension, Jake's expression not as forced hyper like before.

"Hurry up," Jake told their driver, " I am going the speed limit, sir, " The mad responded, causing the other passengers to glance at him, "I didn't ask you to go the speed limit! I told you to hurry!" Jake barked rising from his seat a bit, "Honey, probation," Erika whispered to him, noticing how angry he was becoming; Everyone knew Jake had been to jail already, he wasn't locked up very long, but he got into too much trouble too often for the judge to completely, with good conscience, let everything slide, he ordered unless he could go clean for a while, to really prove he wasn't the problem the judge was prepared to give him the jail time everyone was seeking, and Jake knowing that, had been doing well for himself lately,

but now, Erika wondered if he had only stayed out of trouble because of his arguably depressive state, brought on by his coping with Jax?

"Do you know who I am? I can have you fired!" Jake shouted, his fingers gripping into the car seats cushion, his teeth grit, he stared at the mirror , barely catching his drivers gaze, "I can have everyone here, along with MILLIONS of fans talking bad about you- now lose your attitude, BEFORE YOU LOSE YOUR JOB!" Jake screamed, making some of the team members flinch. The driver got to a red light, he turned around looking at Jake in the backseat, he knew Jake was popular, but he didn't want to bend to his will, he was a person providing a service, and didn't tolerate the tantrum of disrespect.

"Mr.Paul, we'll get there when we can, I can't run red lights or speed, if I get pulled over, we'll be even more late- understand?" The older man spoke, trying to sound calm, but his tone couldn't hide his annoyance for Jake, the man made direct eye contact with Jake for a moment, trying to show Jake a stern, older person to be respected, obviously believing Jake was some bratty rich kid from the way he dressed to his total disregard for anyone but himself.

Jake's body tensed again, his hand gripping the seat almost trembling in anger as he began even tearing the cloth. "You old, retarded scumbag- did you just, look, ME, in, the, eyes?" Jake asked, his seething voice struggling between staying even and furious, to the peaks in his voice where he was almost screaming again. "Wha-?" The driver began to question , obviously feeling the shift of moods in the car, "DID YOU JUST LOOK ME? IN THE EYES!?" Jake screamed again, almost making the car shake, as the disrespectful gesture, in Jake's brain, had began to register, "Jake calm do-" Erika began trying to relax him, gently holding one of his arms.

There was only Jake, Erika, Pam and Logan in that car, although the thought scared Erika, she knew even if the others had been there, they wouldn't dare try to stop Jake, not while he was like this, "YOU PATHETIC TRASH!" Jake shouted again, with his other hand, he grabbed a bottle of champagne they'd brought along, and in an instant he hurled it at the man, he barely missed his face, crashing it into the dash board, the sound of glass shattering and liquid spilling, filled the car, Pam ducked down while the others were in shock, the driver had champagne and glass spilled on him from the close contact bottle, he was more surprised then anything unsure how to react.

"What the he-!?" The driver broke the shocked silence, he was about to start yelling, but Logan tried to step in, normally he would just look away, glad it wasn't him, but Jake was at risk, so he felt the need to fix things before Jake did something more reckless. "Sir please, can we step out?" Logan questioned , "We're in traffic Logan," Pam reminded him, " What did you just do!? I'm calling the cops! " The driver huffed, disregarding Logan's plea to calm everyone down, at the mention of cops, Jake grew angry once again, ready to keep forward now, but Erika put her body in front of his.

"Jake stop!" Erika said, she felt the pressure of Jake's body , but he sat back down, Erika was going 50/50 with trying to stop him, unsure if he would be too angry to listen, or if he wouldn't try to hurt her, but it worked, Jake had sat, but she could feel the heat of rage on his body. "Sir please, if we can just get to the airport, I can smooth this all over, please," Logan tried again, he knew it the man tried another smarmy or angry retort, Jake would just forget the probation, and just go for him, he wasn't stable in the slightest and right now he was in an enclosed area with the source of his anger for a moment.

The driver, although fully ready to call the cops, agreed to Logan's terms, wanting to get out of the car with Jake as soon as possible, the light was green, and he was in the move getting to that airport...

"See! Was that so hard!?" Jake shouted at his driver, as soon as his expensive shoes hit the asphalt of the parking lot, Logan stayed in the car trying to talk down and pay out the man, being very careful to not mention how much trouble Jake could actually get in, for being so belligerent. Jake had made sure to snag Erikas hand taking her out with him, as he grouped up with the rest of team ten, whom had already began getting out of their cars.

Erika was at a standstill, sometimes she tried to tell Jake where he had been wrong, other instances Jake himself realized a problem and tried on his own to do differently, but most moment's Erika just tried being there for him, since Jake felt like most of the world was against him anyways, he didn't take kindly to any criticism from his circle.

Jake had just got done telling about a few funny, off camera moments to his vlog, while the team got settled on the jet, all of his team laughing and hyping it up more, while Erika and Pam tried to play along, they were both wondering if Logan was able to convince their driver to not call the cops or press charges. Logan came in in the middle of filming, making sure to smile at the camera, while he gave his mom and sister-in-law a quick nod, letting them know things were clear, without upsetting Jake's illusion for his filming. There were gentle signs of relief, but with a upset like that, and Erika now having secrets, she could only imagine what it was gonna be like, getting back to "normal" life.

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